Democrats and their impeachment inquiry Trump are facing fallout over the lack of transparency and mounting questions as to the credibility of the so-called “whistleblower” whose complaint serves as the cornerstone of their efforts.

For weeks, sneaky Adam Schiff has held secret hearings behind locked doors in the Capitol basement where a parade of biased “witnesses” have been questioned and then portions cherry-picked and leaked to the media.

Last week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the “rules” for the inquisition including nationally televised sessions but was unable to remove the perception that the entire process is rigged against President Trump.

Matters weren’t helped when the “whistleblower” suddenly backed out of testifying after a bombshell expose outed him as a Democrat CIA operative with a sketchy history that call his legitimacy into question.

The “whistleblower” was reported to be Eric Ciaramella, a Trump-hating millennial Obama holdover who is a registered Democrat with connections to Joe Biden.

As soon as the report by Real Clear Investigations broke, the partisan lawyer for the “whistleblower” abruptly ceased negotiations with Schiff over what would be a television spectacle on par with the O.J. Simpson trial.

Now the “whistleblower” has had a change of heart and will answer Republican questions – BUT ONLY IN WRITING!

The first Ukraine whistleblower offers through their legal team to answer Republicans' questions directly to them in writing and under penalty of perjury, bypassing Democrats who control the impeachment process, attorney Mark Zaid confirms to ABC News https://t.co/dhFf73VpdE

The whistleblower who raised alarms about President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine and touched off the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry is willing to answer written questions submitted by House Republicans, the person’s lawyer says.

The offer made over the weekend to Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the intelligence committee, was aimed in part at fending off escalating attacks by Trump and his GOP allies who are demanding the whistleblower’s identity be revealed.

It would allow Republicans to ask questions of the whistleblower without having to go through the committee’s chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

“Being a whistleblower is not a partisan job nor is impeachment an objective. That is not our role,” Mark Zaid, the whistleblower’s attorney, tweeted Sunday.

“We will ensure timely answers,” he said.

Zaid said the whistleblower would answer questions directly from Republican members “in writing, under oath & penalty of perjury.” Only queries seeking the person’s identity won’t be answered, he said.

The offer comes at a time when the POTUS has been intensifying his criticism of the Deep State-Democrat-Media Axis of Evil’s coup against him and demanding that the “whistleblower” be identified.

“There is no Whistleblower. There is someone with an agenda against Donald Trump. What he was blowing the whistle on didn’t happen. We have the transcript of the call. This is all a farce and no Republican should forget that.” @dbongino@foxandfriends

The Whistleblower gave false information & dealt with corrupt politician Schiff. He must be brought forward to testify. Written answers not acceptable! Where is the 2nd Whistleblower? He disappeared after I released the transcript. Does he even exist? Where is the informant? Con!

There is one major problem with this and that it is that such replies would almost certainly be carefully crafted by his attorneys including Zaid who has a well-known bias against the president who he clearly despises.

Hell will freeze over before Democrats allow the “whistleblower” to undergo serious questioning by Republicans while under oath and Schiff knows it so this is yet another fraud perpetrated upon the American people.

Never has the impeachment process been as rigged as this one has against Trump, the man who clobbered the Clintons and has not had one minute of peace since that fateful election.

Devin Nunes and House Republicans should reject this absurd proposal and demand that the “whistleblower” appear in a public setting with no strings attached.